NBA Trade Rumor: Insider Reveals New Details on Myles Turner's Potential Trade from Pacers

Indiana Pacers Center Myles Turner is set to be a free agent soon. Thus, speculations related to his future are mounting up. In the context, an NBA insider has delivered a somewhat breakthrough update on whether Turner will be traded away by the Pacers or will sign a new deal with his current franchise.

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Myles Turner to Stay in Indiana

A new report suggests that the Indiana Pacers will likely ink a new deal with Myles Turner, that will keep the 29-year-old with the franchise for a substantial period. However, it will come at a cost, as his contract will force the team to offload a few others from the squad this summer.

“Indiana has reached the Eastern Conference finals for a second straight spring. It’s a momentous run that has left numerous rival teams with the strong impression that free agent-to-be Myles Turner is not going to be gettable this summer,” NBA insider Jake Fischer reported on Friday. “The rising expectation, league sources say, is that Turner will be extending his stay in the Hoosier State.”

If the 10-year veteran decides to test his value in NBA free agency, he would be the undisputed best option available in his position. But the fact that not many franchises other than the Brooklyn Nets will have the wherewithal to acquire his services this year could prove to be the breaking point.

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Pacers Might Have to Let Go of Some Players

Turner’s potential return to the Pacers is a win for both sides. However, Fischer also revealed that his next contract will have notable salary cap ramifications and will be bad news for certain players on the roster.

“Signing Turner to a new deal would inevitably present some luxury tax concerns of their own for the Pacers to deal with,” he wrote. “Which has various teams anticipating roster-consolidation trade conversations in Indiana after this joy ride of a season to better position the payroll for Turner’s re-signing.”

Key players like Aaron Nesmith, T.J. McConnell, Jarace Walker, or even Bennedict Mathurin could be the odd men out if Indiana needs to shed a little payroll to avoid passing the luxury tax threshold.